Pictured above, former TXWES faculty member Libby Glimore poses with her neighbor, Pat Kemp, and Kemp's dog, Carrie, after Gilmore rescued Carrie from a storm drain. Photo courtesy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

A former Texas Wesleyan faculty member is a hero after risking her own safety to save her neighbor’s dog.

Dr. Libby Gilmore, who served TXWES as an assistant professor of education from 1994-2005, jumped in to help after she heard her 91-year-old neighbor yelling that her blind and deaf dog, Carrie, had gone missing. 

That’s when Gilmore, a cancer survivor who is also recovering from multiple surgeries, jumped into a storm sewer and searched for Carrie for more than three hours before finding her and returning her to her owner. 

“I turned a corner, and I could see a little black lump,” Gilmore told Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Stefan Stevenson. “How I got the right tunnel and found the dog is a miracle.” 

Check out the Star-Telegram’s full story.